Steve Ditko is one of the more enigmatic creators in the comics world. Very few photo’s of Steve exist in public printing even though he was behind one of the most important comics characters. Blake Bell
’s biography of Steve Ditko from Fantagraphics, is an excellent look into the work of Ditko and who he was as a creator. Blake joined us to discuss the book and Ditko.
I just discovered and listened to this excellent interview. But, oh! you missed the perfect opportunity in the music breaks to play XTC’s song, New Broom. Here are some of the lyrics:
We need a new broom
To sweep it all clean
We need a beat boom
We need a new scheme
Break all the deadlocks
And spill all the beer
Mr Ditko was right
Mr A so near
Ha, very nice. Much better than playing the spiderman theme song.